On Weei right now, Francona sucks, because the Red Sox are not playing with any urgency. The caller is complaining about Coco getting the night off on Wed., and Tavarez coming in on Tue.. To quote the caller - "he's managing like he has a 14 game lead with 15 left".

I think I've figured out why talk radio is so popular these days. Commerical radio is just one long, well, commercial. Even when the commercial breaks are finished, the announcers patter in on-air promos at every opportunity. The callers are the only people not trying to sell you something. Buried deeply in every listener is this slowly flickering ember of DNA that does not want to be sold something. Even idiots keep it glowing for awhile.